Paper-hanger&#39;s folding trestle.



F. H. SKINNER. PAPER HANGERS FOLDING TRESTLI. APPLIUATION IILED 001223, 1908.

925,520. n Patented June 22,1909.

W/ 'T'NJEQJEJ. IN nezv'raiz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FAYETTE H. SKINNER, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

PAPER-HANGERS FOLDING TRESTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FAYETTE I-I. SKINNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Paper-Hangers Folding Trestles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the fol-ding trestles in common use by paper hangers to support a board for use in applying paste to wall papers, and similar purposes; and the objects of my invention are: to provide a support which will hold the paste pail firmly in a position where it will be accessible to the operator with the greatest ease and convenience; and to provide a support which will occupy a minimum space and fold up with the trestle. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a perspective view of the folding trestle open with the paste pail support attached; Fig. II is a plan view of the folding trestle and pail support when folded together; Fig. III is a detail showing the means for securing the upper end of the leg of the pail support to the side bar resting thereon; Fig. IV is a detail plan view of the side bars and cross braces of the pail support. Fig. V is a detail side view of the connection between the side bars and the supporting legs.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the similar views.

The trestle to which this improvement is applicable is the well known paper hangers folding trestle having paired crossed legs; each pair of legs being pivoted together where they cross each other as shown in Fig. I. My improvement is composed of side bars, A, and A, each of which has its inner end pivoted to the corresponding pair of legs of the trestle by the same pivot which holds the adjacent legs of the trestle together, and may be secured by a rivet, bolt, thumb screw or other similar device as preferred. The outer ends of the side bars are supported by legs B, and B. The lower end of each leg, B, B, is pivoted by a rivet or other suitable fastening to the lower end of the corresponding leg of the trestle. The upper end of each leg, B, B, is provided with a pin D or D which fits into a corresponding hole a near the outer end of the corresponding side bar, A and A. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. October 23, 1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Serial No. 459,248.

cross brace, C, is pivoted upon the upper edge of the side bar, A, toward its outer end, and when folded lies closely upon the side bar, A, but when open, its free end fits in a corresponding notch in the upper edge of the side bar A. Another cross brace, C, is pivoted to the outer end of the cross bar, A, and, when folded, lies closely upon the upper edge of the cross bar, A, but when open, its free end, which is provided with a slot or hook, E, engages a screw or pin, E, in the side bar, A, near its outer end.

In folding this attachment, the cross bars, C, and C, are first folded upon the side bars to which they are respectively attached. The side bars are then folded upward upon the adjacent legs of the trestle respectively.

The legs, B, and B, are then folded upon the lower end of the trestle legs to which they are respectively attached and the trestle is folded in the ordinary well known manner.

In operation, the paste pail rests upon the cross bars, C, and C, and the side bars, A,

and A, and these form a safe, firm support for the pail for all ordinary purposes.

I claim- 1. An attachment for paperhangers folding trestles, comprising a pair of side bars each having its inner end pivoted to the pivot of the corresponding pair of crossed legs of the trestle and its outer end detachably supported by a leg pivoted to the lower end of the corresponding leg of the trestle.

2. An attachment for paper hangers folding trestles, comprising a pair of side bars each having its inner end pivoted to the pivot of the corresponding pair of crossed legs of the trestle and its outer end detachably supported by a leg pivoted to the lower end of the corresponding leg of the trestle, and cross braces suitably secured upon the side bars.

3. An attachment for paper hangers trestles, comprising a pair of side bars each having its inner end pivoted to the corresponding pair of legs of the trestle and its outer end supported by a leg pivoted to the lower end of the corresponding leg of the trestle, a cross brace pivoted upon the upper surface of each side bar with its face end adapted to engage the other side bar.

l. An attachment for paper hangers trestles, comprising a pair of side bars each having its inner end pivoted to the corresponding pair of legs of the trestle and its outer end supported by a leg pivoted to the lower pail support comprising side bars each havend of the corresponding leg of the trestle, I ing one end pivoted to the corresponding cross braces each having one end pivoted to pair of legs of the trestle and the opposite its respective side bar and its. opposite end end supported by a leg pivoted to the coradapted to engage a notch or pin in the other responding leg of the trestle, and cross 15 side bar. braces suitably secured to the side bars.

5. The combination With a paper hangers FAYETTE H. SKINNER. folding trestle comprising four legs pivoted Witnesses: near their middle in pairs, supporting a M. E. FITZGERALD, 10 cross bar at their upper ends; of a folding M. A. KENNEDY. 

